Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
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GasBandit
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So basically, you're in favor of living in City 17 under the Combine?
Do you truly think our economic situation will be that much better under the Republicans?
Real classy Romney:
http://youthdebate2012.org/
He was the first candidate in 16yrs to decline to participate.
http://youthdebate2012.org/
He was the first candidate in 16yrs to decline to participate.
It's safer here.
Interestingly, school is cancelled throughout my district today because of "security concerns", though my mother and I suspect it's because of how fucking crazy the turnout is expected to be today and they don't want the kids around the strangers. They have NEVER done this in my lifetime.
Anyone know if this is just our district (South Western City Schools), or if it's a statewide thing for Ohio? Or even a national one?
Anyone know if this is just our district (South Western City Schools), or if it's a statewide thing for Ohio? Or even a national one?
Weird. It's never happened in my lifetime and I can't find anything on it online.
You said he didn't pay taxes, what tax records do you expect to see?
The full record on proof that exposed it to the mass public.
Actually I would have been impressed to see if he paid a relatively fair tax for the last 5-10yrs. It would have helped me to at least re-evaluate him as a possibility instead of looking like a criminal hypocrit.
The main request, which again was instituted by his own father, was about 5-10yrs. I would have been fine with 5.
Uh, I'm thinking there's an issue with your math there. Obama, Kerry, Bush II, Gore, Clinton, Dole, Bush I, and Dukkakis (which is to say, every candidate but Reagan from 1988-2004) released at least five years worth. Only Reagan and Carter released fewer than Romney and McCain.
On the other hand, get off Romney's nuts about it Gilgamesh. The fact of the matter is that the whole practice is nothing more than a courtesy. While I doubt that his tax returns would have made him look particularly good, there are a lot of more relevant criticisms one can make of Romney.
Norris - Normally you'd be right about it being a courtesy, the problem here is, the backbone of his campaign was on taxes. If you can't see the connection I can't help you anymore than the 99% of America who like Honey Boo Boo.
stienman - I never called Romney a criminal, where are you getting that assertion from? I simply said that if he were a bit more transparent on the subject which he pushed his campaign on, I'd have respected him a bit more as a viable candidate. I don't doubt for a second that if he did avoid paying his fair share of taxes, he did it in a legal way.
stienman - I never called Romney a criminal, where are you getting that assertion from? I simply said that if he were a bit more transparent on the subject which he pushed his campaign on, I'd have respected him a bit more as a viable candidate. I don't doubt for a second that if he did avoid paying his fair share of taxes, he did it in a legal way.
99% -ish of Americans 18-49 don't watch Honey Boo Boo (though admittedly that number drops when you just look at women...to 97%-ish not watching). I've shown you the numbers several times now, damn it. But that aside, I do see the connection and the lack of transparency is annoying. However, I still find it to be a less than substantive criticism because its not commenting on anything he actually intends to do in office. His tax plan, at least as he laid it out in the first debate, is stupid enough without attacking his personal finances.
That looks like a calibration problem. I have the same experience with touch screens at the grocery store.
Or maybe Paul Ryan snuck in, hacked the software with his elite skills then flew away in his jetpack.
Or it's just a calibration problem.[DOUBLEPOST=1352218302][/DOUBLEPOST]Edit: Ninja'd by STIENMAN!
Or maybe Paul Ryan snuck in, hacked the software with his elite skills then flew away in his jetpack.
Or it's just a calibration problem.[DOUBLEPOST=1352218302][/DOUBLEPOST]Edit: Ninja'd by STIENMAN!
I doubt it's altering votes on purpose. It looks like it's a problem with the touch screen and their finger, or a glitch. It happens a lot to me for some reason. I don't know if it is dry fingers or what, but a lot of times when using a touch screen it clicks way off from where I meant it to. It's especially bad in the mornings. A lot of places are getting rid of those machines because of these problems though.
* Double ninja'd!
* Double ninja'd!
GasBandit
Staff member
You really think that a machine intent on voter fraud would show the checkmark where you didn't put it?
Oh and he's a software developer. Isn't that convenient. Too bad he plainly has no idea how touchscreen calibration works. As all our stations use touchscreens on their automation, however, I do.
The screens are calibrated by a "touch this corner then touch this opposite corner" method, usually. If you touch the top corner too low, it calibrates it so that it will think you are pressing higher than you really are. The discrepancy will be worse the farther up the screen you go, and less noticeable the lower you go. It will pretty much never be constantly "off" by the same amount across the whole screen. So, Jill Stein being lower on the screen might work fine, and in order to select obama on a badly calibrated screen as I have described, you would probably have to touch between the buttons... exactly like he says he did.
TLDR version - the guy's a tool, that screen is badly calibrated, and this is all bullshit.
Oh and he's a software developer. Isn't that convenient. Too bad he plainly has no idea how touchscreen calibration works. As all our stations use touchscreens on their automation, however, I do.
The screens are calibrated by a "touch this corner then touch this opposite corner" method, usually. If you touch the top corner too low, it calibrates it so that it will think you are pressing higher than you really are. The discrepancy will be worse the farther up the screen you go, and less noticeable the lower you go. It will pretty much never be constantly "off" by the same amount across the whole screen. So, Jill Stein being lower on the screen might work fine, and in order to select obama on a badly calibrated screen as I have described, you would probably have to touch between the buttons... exactly like he says he did.
TLDR version - the guy's a tool, that screen is badly calibrated, and this is all bullshit.
North_Ranger
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It's standard practice now:
Attitude maybe not, but Ignorance maybe. Not to be ageist, but little old ladies + electronic voting does not inspire confidence.
